Advertising wash-board



(No Model.)

- A. BETTIS.

ADVERTISING WASH BOARD.

No.24'7,295. Patented sept. 20,1881.

F E BAD U88L WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER BETTIS, OF WARRENSBURG, MISSOURI.

ADVERTISING -WASH-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,295, datedSeptember 20, 1881.

Application filed April 9, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER BETTIS, of Warrensburg, in the county ofJohnson and State of Missouri, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Advertising \Nash- Boards; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being bad to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and figures of reference marked there- Figure l of the drawingsis a representation of a front view of my improved wash-hoard, and Fig.2 is a vertical central section of the same.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for advertising; andit consists in the device hereinafter claimed.

In the annexed drawings, the letterA designates a metallic wash board orwash board plate, upon which are raised letters a a a, 850., arrangedusually in transverse rows on one or both sides, and forming anadvertisement. Numbers or characters of any desired form suitable forthe purpose of advertisement may be used, and such raised projectionsform the I rubbing-surfaces on which clothes are to be rubbed forwashing. The plate may be cast with the raised letters thereon complete,when it maybe provided with legs I), marginal flange c, and transverserib or flange d above the raised letters, forming, with flange c, asoapreceptacle, or may be stamped out of sheet metal and the plateplaced in a wooden or other suitable frame. The advertisement may be ofany desired descriptionas, for instance, the name, residence, andaddress of a merchant or manufacturer, the description and qualities ofany article on sale, and the place where it can be had, and other likematter.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an advertising device, a wash-board the rubbing-surfaces of which areraised letters or characters indicating the desired advertisement,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER BETTIS.

Witnesses:

W. H. LEE, GEO. D. WEIDEMEYER.

